KAHWA IN THE PRESS
Coverage of Kahwa Coffee Roasting Company from newsrooms across Florida and beyond.
Raphael and Sarah Perrier on building Florida's largest independent roaster — nearly 20 cafes, 800+ wholesale accounts, and a partner list that runs from Publix to Epcot.
Read at Business Observer →The roaster opened a capital raise to fund its next phase of growth — not out of necessity, the founders said, but to reach the next level.
Read at St. Pete Catalyst →A move into a 20,000-square-foot production facility tripled capacity — and made hiring, not demand, the company's hardest problem.
Read at St. Pete Catalyst →Inside the St. Petersburg roastery, where roughly 7,000 pounds of coffee are roasted each week and beans are rested before they ship.
Read at Tampa Bay Times →A cafe built from three reclaimed shipping containers, with a drive-through and outdoor seating — an eco-minded alternative to a new build.
Read at Tampa Bay Times →Kahwa features in a national look at independent roasters moving onto grocery shelves as shoppers grow more educated about specialty coffee.
Read at Forbes →Instead of discounts, Kahwa donated 100% of a day's coffee and tea proceeds to three county food charities — raising $10,000.
Read at Florida Trend →The Publix partnership brought Kahwa cafes to grocery entrances across the Southeast, along with a blend created for the venture: Cubano.
Read at Daily Coffee News →Publix bakery cafes began pouring Kahwa, with Kahwa training the in-store teams and a full menu of lattes, cold brew and K-Cups to take home.
Read at Herald-Tribune →Kahwa named among the region's best — blends roasted in Tampa Bay, an affordable alternative to the national chains.
Read at Herald-Tribune →Kahwa added ready-to-drink cold brew and nitro brew in cans, landing first on shelves at Rollin' Oats in St. Pete and South Tampa.
Read at Creative Loafing Tampa →Kahwa's blends and nitro cold brew singled out in a roundup of the area's best coffee — the magazine called the nitro the region's finest.
Read at Sarasota Magazine →The Second Street cafe turns its walls over to a new local artist each month — a rotating show booked out more than a year in advance.
Read at Your Observer →Charley Belcher visits the roastery for a look at how Kahwa blends and roasts its coffee. Watch the segment on FOX 13.
Read at FOX 13 Tampa Bay →Sarah and Raphael on trust and delegation, cash flow, and the long road to overnight success — plus the heart-shaped cappuccinos that started it all.
Read at Authority Magazine →
